For the first time in a long time I'm fairly ambivalent about watching or recording the games. I'm not a bandwagon fan I watched the entire gong show that was the Dallas game, but this team is lacking any redeemable entertainment quality. They don't score, they don't hit, they don't fight and they play with no passion whatsoever. I was going to skip tonight's game but I'm interested (as I'm sure we all are) to see just how far Jensen has come since his call up last year.

edit - Having said that I will probably still watch all the games I just can't believe how fast this team has deteriorated when there are still a lot of good pieces in place.

Benjo wrote:Having said that I will probably still watch all the games I just can't believe how fast this team has deteriorated when there are still a lot of good pieces in place.

And that's the effect the Sedins have, hard to believe we had the 13th rank in the league in goals for, but that was when the Sedins were both healthy.

December 15th, 2013.
The knock on coach John Tortorella with the Rangers was that his style stifled the offense. Entering this game, the Canucks ranked 13th in the league (2.68 goals per game) in offense, though that has steadily creeped up lately. Henrik Sedin now has nine goals and 30 points.

ClamRussel wrote:That video just reinforces what a joke the 3 game suspension to Kassian is.

I must say, I thought Shanahan going into that position was a good thing at first...was I ever wrong.

You think it should have been longer or shorter?

Based on the fact Dillon wasn't injured on the play, shorter. Kassian received a major+game misconduct. That is suitable punishment right there for a stupid play w/o injury. If there's going to be suspensions for these things then a game is as far as it should go. These types of hits happen all the time w/o suspensions, sometimes w/o majors being assessed. The player turned his back on Kassian to avoid taking a hit. Kassian should have let up and exercised poor judgment. I think the ejection & major was appropriate. Is the NHL going to start handing out 3 game suspensions for all hits like this and be consistent? No, Shanahan is all over the map.

Get real SKYO. Phoenix has 2 games in hand and Dallas has 3. Chances are still remote if the Canucks don't win at least 8 of their last 9 games. Even then Phoenix would only need to win 7 of 11 and Dallas 8 of 12.